Weekly Flylady Thread 12th January 2009

ALIBOBSY

Ok bit of a problem today as school rang to say DD1 had been sick at 12 so had to dash up there (leaving my cooling lunch :mad: ) so had to deal with her this afternoon. Think she was pulling a fast one as her teacher didn't actually witness the sickness and 2 of her friends had already been sent home sick this morning. She lay down on the couch for about 30 mins then spent the rest of the time playing as normal, very loudly with DD2 :rolleyes:. Not much wrong with her me thinks.


Monday - living room/hall/stairs
Level One
[STRIKE]Declutter the living room , hallway and stairs [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Clear and tidy the mantle
[/STRIKE]Level Two
Vacuum [STRIKE]the cleared floors [/STRIKE]and up the stairs.. under furniture if you can move it safely!
[STRIKE]Sort through coats and shoes and bag-plus porch for me as thats where the coats hang
[/STRIKE]Sort through the drawer or cupboard that you stuff junk in!-phone table is a hotspot so will do this
Level Three
[STRIKE]Check smoke alarms.. change any batteries that need doing[/STRIKE]-oh does weeklyalready
Sort the understair cupboard/mess-started not yet finished
[STRIKE]Dust the flat surfaces
[/STRIKE]Extras
[STRIKE]1)Ironing pile looking at me so need to do at least 1 hr a day this week.[/STRIKE]-actually done a load of ironing this afternoon whilst DD1 entertained DD2 so not all bad lol, done around half of the whole amount
[STRIKE]2)Clear the airer empty one load onto it, then put next load on. [/STRIKE]
ali x

mOZzy_2

My List

[strike]- dinner in SC (bolognese)[/strike]
[strike]- fill d/w[/strike]
[strike]- play with kids[/strike]
[strike]- pick toys up in playroom[/strike]
[strike]- put shopping away[/strike]
[strike]- clean halogen tabletop cooker[/strike]
[strike]- toilet[/strike]
[strike]- kitchen surfaces[/strike]
- sweep kitchen floor
[STRIKE]- fold washing[/STRIKE]
- put washing away (incl. yesterdays)
[strike]- lunch[/strike]
[STRIKE]- read stories to the kids[/STRIKE]

SummerMoon

Back from school run! Kids currently taking turns on my DS.
Have brought in washing from the line and hung around indoors.
Dryer on with towels in.
WM loaded and turned on.

Going to S&S kitchen then start on tea. DP wants madras so will have to think of something else for me.

kamperkat

Right its 4pm - i've just woken up from my catchup nap - and I'm raring to go - Monday's list - HERE I COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LilySue

Hello, I am joining in again. I gave up on this thread last year because I couldn't keep up with it, but my house and family need me to give it another try!

So I shall start again slowly ( as I have ds3 off school sick, and am not feeling too bright myself ) and with the advance apology that I'm not anti-social but I find it hard to keep up with the speed of what's going on here, hope you all are having a good Mondays flying!

Monday - living room/hall/stairs
Level One
[strike]
Declutter the living room , hallway and stairs
Clear and tidy the mantle
[/strike]Level Two
[strike]Vacuum the cleared floors and up the stairs.. under furniture if you can move it safely![/strike]
Sort through coats and shoes and bag
Sort through the drawer or cupboard that you stuff junk in!
Level Three
Check smoke alarms.. change any batteries that need doing
Sort the understair cupboard/mess
Dust the flat surfaces
Extras

1. Make an appointment for some ME-time.. go get your hair done, half an hour shopping, coffee with a friend..
2. Wash the windows in these rooms
3. wipe all the stairs edges/spindles/handrails etc up the stairs
4. Wash any soft furnishings that are in need!

My M.A.C.A.W challenge this week is.......shaving my legs in the shower every morning

greenbee

I have been to the gym, filled up on petrol, posted another batch of vouchers (still plenty here!), had lunch, hung up laundry, and now know that I desparately need to declutter my gym bag

My MACAW this week is to start building my evening routine, which includes 3 cardio sessions a week, plus yoga/stretch/pilates classes and getting my meals & gym kit ready for the following day (and to do my physio)

mOZzy wrote: »

i like the chat too - and most of it are great tips and tricks and i pick up lots of things to do differently or some i haven't even thought about before!

mOZzy - Pigpen may have to clarify what's meant by chat, but I think things like discussions as to the best way to deal with decluttering, cleaning the oven etc are constructive and helpful and contribute towards the flying.

It may also help if people (like me ) who are often out for the day write their feedback in a single multi-quote post rather than lots of little ones (so I'll try to do this in future) as it makes the thread shorter. Also saving congrats/good vibes/birthday wishes for when we've got other things to say.

But I know it's also important to keep the HHCs/HHIs going, posting the results and commenting on how other people are doing, asking for and giving tips.

I don't think there is a huge amount of chat on here, as it the majority of discussion is around flying/decluttering/moneysaving, and there certainly isn't the aggression you find on other threads - although it may be that we need to post links to other threads if we know the answers are there, rather than repeating things. It's always possible to edit/delete posts if you decide they aren't relevant after all, or want to add to an existing one rather post another short one.

Pigpen - if I'm wrong on this, let me know and I'll edit/delete the post as appropriate, but I think some people may have been overly sensitive about what constitutes chat!

Mum_on_a_mission_2

Any tips on flying when you have some-one working from home?

Moam

emily_jackson

HI,

Just wanted to call in & say hello. Got broadband installed on Saturday, but am still setting up pc. Bungaqlow is stil a tip but am getting there slowly. hope everyone is well

greenbee

OddjobKIA wrote: »

afternoon all..

so far today..

Breakfast the kids
school run 1
tidy bedroom 2
tidy bedroom 3
Mums and tots
school run 2
Tidy front room
clear hall
cleared starirs
started kitchen
school run 3
now doing this..

also done inbetween

Wm 3 loads
Td 4 loads
dw 1 load
charity shop run (okay its the same place as mums and ots but it still counts)

I am now going to finish the kitchen
do 2 more loads in wm
feed kids
feed me
some urgent paper work needs doing.
and kitchen floor needs a mop

Well done Oddjob... that's the kind of post that makes me feel competitive (it's either that or demoralised ).

For those of you with an eye on your energy consumption, its time to think about closing your blinds and curtains (and clearing things out of the way if they're stopping you closing them properly!)

Dustykitten

Mum_on_a_mission wrote: »

Any tips on flying when you have some-one working from home?

Moam

MOAM I found it so hard to settle to flying when DH was working at home, I don't know why as he stayed in his office most of the day. I guess the best tip would be to concentrate on the lists (pigpens) or yours. Good luck. Have you done your ebay listing yet?

Just got in from work, finished my cuppa so going to do HHC 16:15-16:45 before doing tea.

Flower - difficult on the smell - when my carpet had a smell - spilt tea which was not cleaned up properly - I used a neurogena (I think) power a bit like shake and vac and it worked well but not sure it would work on laminate - pots of bicarb in the room corners?